Chris Harris

As expected, accused Long Island Serial Killer Rex Heuermann amended his not guilty plea inside a Riverhead courtroom, admitting before his wife and daughter he was the one who killed at least eight women whose bodies he later dumped along a highway near Gilgo Beach. The hulking former architect, 62, has been in custody since […]

A New Jersey elementary school teacher has been accused of sexually assaulting four children from the same family over a 13-year period, Us Weekly has learned. Shaun Stebbins was arrested in Somers Point on six charges: first-degree aggravated sexual assault of a victim under the age of 13, first-degree permitting a child to engage in […]

The leader of a Black supremacist Egyptian-themed cult is seeking early release from federal prison, claiming in papers filed last month that he suffers from a recurring medical condition that causes parts of his body to swell. Dwight “Malachi” York, a former writer and musician, founded the UFO-obsessed United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors in 1967. […]

As part of a plea deal he’s expected to accept during a hearing set for Wednesday, April 8, suspected Long Island Serial Killer Rex Heuermann will be expected to give a full accounting of all seven murders he has been charged with committing, sources have exclusively confirmed to Us Weekly. Heuermann, the hulking New York […]

Some people love reading about true crime. Others love fighting it. All across the United States, in cities both sprawling and compact, men and women have answered to a higher calling — one that makes them feel as though they have regained some semblance of control in a world gone mad. They’re called real-life superheroes […]

A former university professor who authored books for Christians about the ethics of marriage and sexuality has been arrested for raping a child, Us Weekly has learned. John Kent Tarwater was once a finance professor at Cedarville University, a Baptist school in Ohio. Tarwater, 55, is facing eight sex-based felonies stemming from allegations made by […]

Authorities in Mississippi are intent on identifying the heartless gunman who shot and killed a K-9 officer last week. Floki, a 7-year-old multipurpose Dutch Shepherd trained for tracking and drug detection, was on the job Wednesday, April 1, patrolling the border fence around Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs when he was struck with […]

Authorities in Pennsylvania have decimated a drug trafficking ring they claim was being run out of a storefront set up to look like a coffee shop. On Friday, March 27, Operation Cocaine and Coffee led to the arrests of 17 individuals and the seizure of crack cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana, ecstasy pills, cash, 27 firearms, four […]

A former New Jersey middle school teacher arrested last month for raping one of her students sobbed as a judge determined she would remain jailed until her case is resolved. In video footage of a Gloucester County Court bail hearing, accessed by Us Weekly, Ashley Fisler can be seen covering her mouth with her hands […]

An Arkansas doctor has been arrested along with seven other people for their alleged roles in a long-running fraud and kidnapping scheme that targeted patients who’d been receiving treatment inside a hospital’s behavioral health unit. The Department of Justice contends psychiatrist Brian Hyatt was the mastermind behind the scheme at the Northwest Medical Center Behavioral […]

A firefighter and his wife have been arrested in Florida for alleged acts of severe “mental and physical” abuse perpetrated against their adopted daughter, Us Weekly has learned. Coral Springs Police claim that, for the last three years, Joel and Jennifer Kohnert have kept the 12-year-old girl locked in her bedroom, with extremely limited access […]

A Texas mother is behind bars, accused of abusing her son by forcing him to undergo unneeded medical procedures, despite being healthy. An arrest warrant viewed by Us Weekly alleges Kaitlyn Rose Laura of Glen Rose forced her boy to live with a feeding tube and get around using a wheelchair, which he did not […]

The lawyer for quadruple amputee Dayton James Webber claims that the professional cornhole player’s fatal shooting last month of motocross rider Bradrick Michael Wells was an act of self-preservation. Webber, 27, appeared in a Maryland court on Wednesday, April 1, via video conference, and a judge ordered he be held without bail. Wells was the […]

An unhoused Louisiana woman has been charged with second-degree murder after giving birth inside a porta-potty at a Waffle House in Gretna and leaving the newborn in the excrement-filled tank. Police were summoned to the Waffle House on Westbank Expressway at approximately 3:17 a.m. on Thursday, March 26. WDSU obtained 911 audio from the incident. […]

After 52 years, the 1974 murder of a Utah teenager has been definitively linked to the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy, according to a Wednesday, April 1, announcement. While seemingly ripped from the latest murder mystery documentary, officials were not joking when they said 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime was killed by Bundy after vanishing on […]

Georgia authorities have accused an elementary school nurse of stealing her students’ medications, Us Weekly has learned. Ivy Perdue Burton, listed online as a Licensed Practical Nurse employed by the Troup County School System, was handcuffed on Monday, March 30, and charged with being in possession of a Schedule II controlled substance and acquiring or […]

An Alabama man on death row for raping and murdering a 5-year-old girl in late 2021 wants the state to hurry up and get it over with already. Jeremy Williams wants his execution fast-tracked, after a panel of appeals judges affirmed his conviction and death sentence last week for the brutal killing of Kamarie Holland. […]

After breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and finding another man with her in bed, an armed 41-year-old Connecticut man opened fire, killing a decorated and beloved fireman, police confirmed to Us Weekly. Terrence Cramer was a firefighter for Bridgeport, according to authorities. Cramer, 41, was shot to death early on the morning of Saturday, March […]

Authorities claim a Wisconsin mother allegedly told investigators she murdered her teen daughter to protect her from billionaire Elon Musk, according to reports. As Us Weekly previously reported, Tyiece Oninski allegedly stabbed her daughter Kuren Rein to death in a Turtle home on March 19. Rein was just 14-year-old. Tyiece, 41, allegedly called 911 on […]

Mourners continue leaving mementos and flowers outside the home of Felisha Matthews, the Connecticut woman who was killed along with her two daughters by her boyfriend before he died by suicide. A makeshift memorial is ever-growing outside the home in Plainville, where the tragic triple murder-suicide unfolded Friday, March 27. Patrick King, Matthews’ boyfriend, allegedly […]

A man who vanished back in October after being accused of horrific crimes in Wisconsin was just arrested in Florida, where he allegedly provided cops with a fraudulent ID. The long arm of the law caught up to Noah Czarneski over the weekend in Fort Myers, where he remains pending his extradition. Czarneski, now 20, […]